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this year.

Recapping the best podcasts.

Monday, January 2, 2012

#21: Giant Bombcast (2011)

this year.

Giant Bombcast.

2011

GBCA’1

GAMING

Ryan Davis
Jeff Gerstmann
Vinny Caravella
Brad Shoemaker
Patrick Klepek

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Repeatedly rated amongst the most popular gaming podcasts, the Giant Bombcast
continued its fervent run in 201 1 with the canny humor and free banter typical of
the show. The addition of Patrick Klepek as the site's news editor bolstered the
show's ranks in what was the Bombcast's fourth year. The show's steadfast quality
led it to become the longest running mainstream gaming podcast, and it continues
to go from strength to strength.

Of particular import is discussion of Bad Boys 2 and the upcoming Bad Boys 3.
Zardoz is also considered before the cast launch into the matter of video games;
Jeff discusses Skylanders and RBI Baseball, and Ryan attempts to play Skyward
Sword. News follows the games discussion, and comedy, new releases, and emails
round out the show.

The following episode has been split into two parts for your convenience. Please

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0:03:30 - Free discussion prior to What'cha Been Playin'?

0:1 2:00 - Talk about movies

0:35:30 -Jeffs trip to Miami

1:00:00 - Ryan snitched on some pot smokers

1 :1 9:00 - What'cha Been Playin'?

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The Giant Bombcast was a production of Whiskey Media and Giant Bomb. All clips
in this episode are the property of those parties. It was produced by Ryan Davis.
The percentage of the original show in this episode is approximately 7% (8hrs
9min/1 55hrs 29min). This episode has been mastered at 56kbp/s, below the
original audio quality of the shows available to us. Compression is used to reduce
file sizes. The difference in audio quality is negligible if not unrecognizable.
Timestamp notes are available here.

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Going After John Again - Michael Kamen
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Thun... - Anonymous

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Fie a... - Anonymous

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full Gabfest

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Ryan Davis

Davis joined GameSpot in 2000 as a reviewer. During his time at the site he co-
hosted On the Spot with Rich Gallup. After Gallup's departure he became a staple
on The HotSpot, GameSpot's pioneer gaming podcast, but his spell on the show
lasted only a few months. He left the site a few weeks after senior editor Jeff
Gerstmann's dismissal. The two began Giant Bomb and the Giant Bombcast
together.

Jeff Gerstmann

Gerstmann's media career began at GameSpot in 1996. He stayed with the site
during its expansion while simultaneously working his musical talents. Gerstmann
made several appearances in the mainstream media, including a showing on Good
Morning America. He was dismissed from GameSpot in 2007. His departure
triggered a wave of resignations from the site by his close compatriots; with Ryan
Davis he launched Giant Bomb, and both Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker
joined him shortly thereafter.

Vinny Caravella

Vinny Caravella began his career in journalism by specializing in video, initially
working as a freelance producer in New York. In 2006 he joined GameSpot as a
video editor and producer. After Rich Gallup left the site Caravella took over the
job of hosting The HotSpot. He departed GameSpot following the exit of
Gerstmann and joined Giant Bomb a week later. He has produced some of the
gaming media's best video content in the years since.

Brad Shoemaker

Shoemaker joined GameSpot as an intern in 2000. He later became a feature
editor, and then an associate editor. Shoemaker was a regular on GameSpot's
weekly shows, On the Spot and The HotSpot. He left GameSpot soon after
Gerstmann's departure, and after a short time as a freelancer he joined Giant
Bomb.

Patrick Klepek

Patrick Klepek joined 1 UP as a news editor after graduating from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts in Print Journalism. He
moved over to the MTV Multiplayer blog following his time at 1 UP, and worked for
a number of other sites including Gamespy and Gamasutra. He also wrote for G4
and the online incarnation of Electronic Gaming Monthly before joining Giant
Bomb and appearing on the Bombcast in the show's permanent fifth chair.

Guests

(Left to right): Alex Navarro, Dave Snider

Special guests

#21: Giant Bombcast (2011)

Witness

2013

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Sampler

2011; 2012; 2013

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Row A (left to right): Ulf Andersson, Shane Bettenhausen, Adam Boyes,
Jenova Chen

Row B:John Drake, David Ellis, Rich Gallup, Carrie Gouskos
Row C: David Jaffe, Greg Kasavin, Mark MacDonald, Justin McElroy
Row D: Christian Nutt, Eric Pope, Jared Rea, Dan Ryckert
Row E: John Vignocchi, Gary Whitta

Tags: 2011, Brad Shoemaker, Gaming, Giant Bomb, Giant Bombcast, Jeff
Gerstmann, Patrick Klepek, Ryan Davis, Vinny Caravella, Whiskey Media

6 comments:

Anonymous January 2, 2012 at 2:51 PM
This is awesome! Can't wait for the other years.

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Anonymous January 2, 2012 at 8:55 PM

This Year- Meaningful game discussion on the Bombcast podcast would
last 2 minutes.

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Incredible! I listened while only taking one break for dinner.

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Anonymous August 6, 2012 at 7:35 PM

How rad is it that the bumper music is from the Die Hard soundtrack?

That's perfect :D

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Anonymous August 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Nice work! Putting these together must have been quite task. I have
enjoyed these Giant Bomb and Hotspot collections.

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Anonymous December 2, 201 2 at 8:1 2 AM
Thanks for doing these, it really is appreciated!

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